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Iran will stand strongly against UN pressure – cleric

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 07 – Iran accused the United Nations Security Council of creating “insecurity” and said it will “stand strongly” against...

Iran press chief chides “vulgar” cinemas

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 07 – Iran’s hard-line culture minister has blasted cinemas in the country for being too “vulgar” and said that...

Iran’s police stop 10-year-old girl for “mal-veiling”

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 07 – Iranian police held up a 10-year-old girl in Tehran’s Mehrabad Airport for “mal-veiling”, state-run Persian-language websites reported...

UN chief seeks reassurances from Iran over nuclear pursuit

Iran Focus: London, Apr. 07 – United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan called on Iran on Thursday to “reassure” the international community that it would...

Iran military commander wants U.S. to withdraw from region

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 06 – The Supreme Commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps said that the Persian Gulf would become secure...

Iran to use advance weapons in near future – military chief

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 06 – Iran will soon add modern and advanced weapons to its military arsenal, Iranian Defence Minister Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar...

40,000 Sunnis killed in Iraq during al-Jaafari’s tenure – report

Iran Focus: London, Apr. 06 – A prominent Iraqi Sunni politician said that some 40,000 Iraqi Sunni Muslims had been killed in sectarian fighting...

European states reject Iran’s envoys

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 06 – A number of officials appointed by the government of hard-line Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for the posts...

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Iran’s Statistics Center reports 115% food inflation

A new report by the Statistical Center of Iran shows that food inflation in March and April this year...

The Rising Cost of Food in Iran; Hidden Pressure on Large Families

The state-run magazine Niniban published a report on April 29 regarding rising food prices. The report stated: “This is...

Four Decades of Bitter Narratives: May Day as a Day of Wrath, Not Celebration, for Iran’s Workers

Does International Workers’ Day represent a celebration of dignity and status for Iran’s labor force? Do they gather in...

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